Steps
What is the first step?
P- Preview
Underline the title and decide whether you think the story will be interesting to read.
What is tone
an author's attitude or feelings toward the subject or intended audience.
These problems occur because there isn't enough space along the throat and jaw to create an adequate airway.
What does adequate mean?
a. sufficient
b. ordinary
a. sufficient
What do you call the beginning of a story?
Exposition/Introduction
If Mary and Brandon are fighting what type of conflict are they having?
Person v. Person
What is the second step?
L- Locate
Look for anything that stands out in the text (underline, bold, highlighted, italicized, etc...)
What is claim
The author's position in an argumentative text, expressing what the reader should do or believe
The forest seemed interminable; nowhere did he discover a break in it, not even a woodsman's road.
What does interminable mean?
a. endless
b. boring
a. endless
What do you call the part where the story builds
rising action
If Brandi is stranded in a forest what type of conflict is she having?
Person v. Nature
What is the third step?
O- Organize the questions
What is foreshadowing
A literary device to tease readers about events that will occur later in the story.
At last, they implored him to go away and attend to his own affairs.
What does implored mean?
a. begged strongly
b. asked nicely
a. begged strongly
What do you call the most exciting part of the story?
Climax
If Paul is arguing against the regulations put on his school what type of conflict is he having?
Person v. Society
What is the fourth step?
R- Read the passage
What is imagery
elements that evoke any of the five senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell)
Which words best help the reader understand the meaning of the word habitation?
a. By nightfall he was fatigued, footsore, famished
b. No fields bordered it, no dwelling anywhere.
b. No fields bordered it, no dwelling anywhere.
What do you call the part of the story where things start calming down?
Falling action
If Braden is having difficulties deciding who he wants to be what type of conflict is he having?
Person v. Self (internal)
What is the fifth step?
E- Eliminate
Eliminate two answer choices that don't make sense to turn your likelihood of getting the question correct into a fifty percent chance.
What is figurative language?
Language that is not meant to be taken literally.
He had just composed it himself so he was very taken up with it, and would not pay proper attention to Mole or anything else.
Which phrase has the same meaning as taken up in the passage?
a. Lifted to the surface
b. Interested in
b. interested in
What do you call the end of the story?
Resolution/conclusion
If Danielle was born to change the world but just wants to live a normal life what type of conflict is she having?
Person v. Destiny